What is alcohol?Ingredients, chemicalsand manufacture

Whether you choose to drink wine, beer, or spirits, they all contain alcohol. Get the facts about alcohol's ingredients and the processes involved in its production.

How is alcohol made?

The type of alcohol in the alcoholic drinks we drink is a chemical called ethanol.To make alcohol, you need to put grains, fruits or vegetables through a process called fermentation (when yeast or bacteria react with the sugars in food - the by-products are ethanol and carbon dioxide).